4 Rules of Blog Advertising
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A lion met a tiger
As they drank beside a pool
Said the tiger, “tell me why…
You’re roaring like a fool.”“That’s not foolish;” said the lion,
With a twinkle in his eyes,
“They call me king of all the beasts
Because I advertise!”A rabbit heard them talking,
And ran home like a streak.
He thought he’d try the lion’s plan,
But his roar was just a squeak.A fox, who happened on the scene,
Had a fine lunch in the woods.
The Moral? When you advertise,
Just be sure you’ve got the goods.- Anonymous
I haven’t yet started buying ads to promote this blog. Because this blog simply wasn’t ready. But will be doing so from mid-July onwards.
4 Rules for Blog Advertising
1. Don’t spend money on advertising your blog until your blog has decent content on it (both quantity wise and quality wise).
2. Don’t start advertising before you have a steady source of revenue from your blog. A source of revenue other than from ads that you run. A report you have written or a service you provide are good sources of revenue.
3. Don’t spend money before making money. Start off with free promotional tactics. Then parlay your initial profits to buy ads and generate more traffic.
4. Test and track your ads to know which ones are profitable and which ones are not. Re-run the profitable ads only. Don’t expect repetition (of poor ad sources) to lead to profitability.
Visit this blog frequently and you’ll read how to go about buying ads to promote your blog and which ad networks work well.
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Great tips! I’ll make sure to post a bit more content before I start advertising.
Posted 03 Jul 2007 #
Thanks again Ankesh for a wonderful educational post. And also for the really interesting story. Looking forward to more on blog advertising in your future posts.
Regards,
Shinil.
Posted 04 Jul 2007 #
yes sir
Posted 13 Jul 2007 #
Hey Ankish, do you write these poems yourself? I really like this one, it’s very funny.
Posted 17 Jul 2007 #
Wicked Keemo: I don’t know who wrote the poem. I’ve read it in 2-3 different sources (books as well as websites) - and all of them give the credit to “Anonymous.” I think I first read it in a Dan Kennedy book and he also credits it to Anonymous.
Posted 18 Jul 2007 #
Doh! I didn’t see the signature at the bottom there. Good post anyway, I’m looking to advertise in a few weeks once I’ve added more posts.
Posted 18 Jul 2007 #